"Once inside, the visitor finds a big, high‐windowed room with book‐lined walls, posters, recordings, buttons, periodicals and children's books here and there, a big round table and comfortable chairs, and, in the hack, space for children to play while mothers decide whether they want Marge Piercy's 'Small Changes,' Andrea Dworkin's 'Women Hating,' or perhaps the most recent issue of 'Big Mama Rag,' which is published in Denver. 'Not all of the books deal with the movement, but they all deal with women,' said Fabi Romero‐Oak the other day. With two other ardent feminists, Karyn London and Eleanor Batchelder, she opened Womanbooks four months ago and they've been amazed at how many customers they've had ..." (from "A Bookshop for Feminists," published July 15, 1975, in the @nytimes)⁠ ⁠ More from www.nyclgbtsites.org: Open from 1975 to 1987, Womanbooks was the second feminist bookstore in New York City. It sold books written, published, and printed by women, many of which could not be found in mainstream bookstores, including many titles on lesbianism and female sexuality. The bookstore, located at 201 West 92nd Street, doubled as a women’s center where women could gather regardless of sexuality, race, or political affiliation.⁠ ⁠ Photos: (1) New York Times article by Virginia Lee Warren; (2) Exterior of 201 West 92nd Street, c. 2019. Credit: Christopher D. Brazee; (3) Author Kady Van Deurs reading at Womanbooks, 1976. Photo by Diana Davis. Courtesy of @nypl. #nyclgbtsites #herstory #feminism #bookstore #bookstagram